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Senate has 6 weeks to vote to lift Social Security for public workers. Will it?

4 mn readPublic sector workers are on tenterhooks, hoping sometime in the next six weeks the Senate will pass a bill to allow them to receive Social Security benefits they feel they’re entitled. Last week, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House passed the Social Security Fairness Act to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduce Social […]

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Charlotte, NC airport workers go on strike during Thanksgiving travel week

3 mn readService workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport went on strike Monday morning at the start of the busy Thanksgiving week to protest unfair labor practices and demand higher wages. Officials with Service Employees International Union announced the strike by workers employed by American Airlines contractors, ABM and Prospect, in a statement obtained by USA TODAY Monday, after […]

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More than a Big Mac: Ronald McDonald Houses have helped families for 50 years

5 mn readIt all happened in one day. Just after Thanksgiving last year, Eva Sanchez’s son Zayden wasn’t feeling well, complaining of pain in his legs and looking pale, but his parents chalked it up to the teen’s love of tae kwon do, in which he has a black belt. But when Zayden asked his mom to […]

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MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million, more than doubling her planned gifts to nonprofit applicants

3 mn readBillionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she is giving $640 million to 361 small nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications. Yield Giving’s first round of donations is more than double what Scott had initially pledged to give away through the application process. Since she began giving away billions in 2019, Scott and her […]

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Holy Grail’ 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth Card Sells for $1.62M at Auction

2 mn readThe 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth No. 149 card sold for $1.62 million on Thursday at a Fanatics Collect auction, making it one of the most highly prized pieces of Ruth memorabilia ever sold. The card is just one of four Ruth issues in the 1933 Goudey set, and one of them currently resides in The Smithsonian. […]

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Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins Miss Universe 2024

2 mn readVictoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane to ever win the competition. The 21-year-old, a competitive dancer, entrepreneur, and aspiring lawyer, beat more than 120 other contestants to win the annual beauty pageant in Mexico City on Saturday night. She was applauded by other contestants on stage […]

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